Lost Thought 00:It's racist to think that only black people can speak with a Jamaican accent.

It still throws me for a loop when I see travel shows with non-blacks living in Jamaica and speaking with a Jamaican accent. Likewise with the whites in Hawaii trying to talk with a Polynesian inflection.

Between that and Cool Runnings, the standard seems to be at least get a black person to play the fake Jamaican. Otherwise you're in Rosie O'Donnell territory.

Okay, sure. But what was negative about the use of the Jamaican accent in this commercial? It seemed overall positive, and in no way seemed to be saying anything at all negative about Jamaicans. Rosie O'Donnell's "ching chong" comment was a slightly disparaging as it seemed to mock the language, but even then, as much as I cannot stand Rosie O'Donnell, that flap was way overblown.

Between that and Cool Runnings, the standard seems to be at least get a black person to play the fake Jamaican. Otherwise you're in Rosie O'Donnell territory.

Okay, sure. But what was negative about the use of the Jamaican accent in this commercial? It seemed overall positive, and in no way seemed to be saying anything at all negative about Jamaicans. Rosie O'Donnell's "ching chong" comment was a slightly disparaging as it seemed to mock the language, but even then, as much as I cannot stand Rosie O'Donnell, that flap was way overblown.

Between that and Cool Runnings, the standard seems to be at least get a black person to play the fake Jamaican. Otherwise you're in Rosie O'Donnell territory.

Okay, sure. But what was negative about the use of the Jamaican accent in this commercial? It seemed overall positive, and in no way seemed to be saying anything at all negative about Jamaicans. Rosie O'Donnell's "ching chong" comment was a slightly disparaging as it seemed to mock the language, but even then, as much as I cannot stand Rosie O'Donnell, that flap was way overblown.

Between that and Cool Runnings, the standard seems to be at least get a black person to play the fake Jamaican. Otherwise you're in Rosie O'Donnell territory.

Okay, sure. But what was negative about the use of the Jamaican accent in this commercial? It seemed overall positive, and in no way seemed to be saying anything at all negative about Jamaicans. Rosie O'Donnell's "ching chong" comment was a slightly disparaging as it seemed to mock the language, but even then, as much as I cannot stand Rosie O'Donnell, that flap was way overblown.

Eh, fair enough I guess. Rosie could have gotten away with that joke if she was Chinese just like a Jamaican person could get away with Jamaican jokes. If you venture into "positive stereotypes" territory for jokes, it gets a little hairy but not as bad as what Rosie did.

So sounding like someone from another country is racist? Last I checked, that's how Jamaicans sound - and not all Jamaicans have the same skin color.

If they're accusing of something, it's closer to being ethnocentristic, but in a positive way towards the Jamaican cheery attitude (which their tourist board promotes in American commercials to visit the country).